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UNITED STATES JUSTUS WOLFF, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE ALBANY ANI PATENT OFFICE.

' LINE AND CHEMICAL worms, on SAME PLACE.

MANUFACTURE OF CARDINAL-RED COLORING-MATTER.

SPECIFIGATION fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 285,335, dated September 18, 1883.

Application filed April 19,1883. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknownthat I, J USTUS WOLFF, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Production of GardinaIRed O01- oring-Matter, of whichthe followingis a specification.

My invention relates to the production of cardinal-red dyeing-matter by the action of diazo-naphthaline-amido benzole 'sulphonate of ammonia on beta-naphthol disulphonate of sodium, and is based upon a principle similar to that involved in my application for diazoamido scarlet, filed October 30, 1882.

In order tocarry out my invention, I dissolve one equivalent of naphthylamine in two equivalents of hydrochloric acid and a quantity of water sufficient to completely dissolve this 'compound. After this I add slowly, while cold, one equivalent of sodium nitrite dissolved in from five to eight times its weight of water. When all of the latter is added, I let the compound stand for an hour or two, and then I add, while cold and stirring, a solution of one equivalent of ammonia amido-benzole-sulphonate in from eight to ten times its weight of water. After having mixed thoroughly I add the solution of diazo-naphthaline-amido-benzole sulphonate of ammonia thus obtained to a cold solution of one equivalent of beta-naphthol disulphonatc of sodium in about ten or twelve parts of its own weight of water while stirring.

Then I add one equivalent of ammonia, and after having stirred for some time I add asufficient quantity of salt to precipitate the diazoamido cardinal formed.

The coloring-matter, precipitated by salt, filtered, and dried, contains in its molecule the diazonaphthaline combined with the amidobenzole-sulphonateforming the diazo-naphthaline-amido-benzole sulphonate of ammonia, which, in combination with the beta-naphthol disulphonate of sodium, forms the coloringmatter which is the object of my invention.

. JUS'IUS WOLFE.

WVitnesses:

WM. M. SHUsrER, J12, \VM. HELMIcK. 

